Ludacris surprised fans in Milwaukee with a free performance over the weekend after his gig was cancelled due to severe weather conditions.In a video posted to his Instagram on Monday (June 24), Ludacris can be seen walking into a bar in the city, with a speaker strapped across his body as he performed his 2001 hit ‘Move Bitch’.Alongside the video, which features fans singing along at the surprise, free concert, the rapper wrote: “My show in Milwaukee got cancelled last night due to rain and thunderstorms, but I DEFINITELY wasn’t leaving the city without touching the people.”Check out a snippet of Ludacris’ performance below:A post shared by Ludacris (@ludacris)Last year he performed the track while descending from the Atlanta Falcons’ Stadium’s roof, as part of Atlanta’s celebrations for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.Prior to that performance, he revealed that he plans on releasing new music this year, eight years after his last full length LP ‘Ludaversal’. Speaking to BET, Ludacris said: “Yeah, some music projects will be coming out [in 2024].
Witness in Young Thug trial arrested in court for refusing to testify
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Young Thug’s trial was thrown into chaos this week when a witness was arrested in court for refusing to testify.Young Thug is currently on trial for allegedly conspiring to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act, along with seven further drug- and gang- related felonies.It follows his 2022 arrest, when he was one of 28 people charged in an indictment that focused on the alleged street gang YSL (“Young Slime Life”), which is believed to have formed in Atlanta in 2012. Thug is suspected of being one of three of the alleged gang’s founding members.Prosecutors suspect that the rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, took part in gang activity on or between May 12, 2018 and May 8, 2022.As reported by Rolling Stone, on Friday (June 7), Kenneth ‘Lil Woody’ Copeland, who is also an alleged associate of YSL, was arrested on the stand after refusing to give evidence on behalf of the prosecution.A member of rival gang YFN is alleged to have robbed Copeland at a nightclub in Atlanta in January 2015, which then escalated into a shooting war that allegedly resulted in the drive-by murder of Donovan ‘Nut’ Thomas days later.Copeland had been expected to be a key witness in the trial.
Defence attorney Max Schardt said “his credibility is the crux of this case, he’s the lynchpin of the case”.Young Thug’s case has been significantly notable for the use of his rap lyrics to accuse him of his YSL gang affiliation in trial. Using lyrics in criminal trials has been broadly criticised “as a convenient way to inject racial bias and confusion into the criminal justice process.”In January, this included the use of Snoop Dogg‘s Super Bowl performance as key evidence, to demonstrate that Young Thug is
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Young Thug’s lawyer arrested mid-trial for alleged contempt of court
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What the hell happened at the YSL RICO trial?
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